Why Is Vinyl More Expensive Than Cd

Thats still three times what youd pay for a digital copy though for a physical artifact usually produced in relatively small batches it seemed fair.

Why is vinyl more expensive than cd.

But the majority of today s new and re issued vinyl albums around 80 or more several experts estimate start from digital files even lower quality cds. Why is new mainstream vinyl now so expensive is it. Writing for the wall street journal neil shah reported in his article why vinyl s boom is over that. And actually the cost is now cheaper than it was in the 70 s 80 s if you think about inflation.

In 2008 i bought the beatles magical mystery tour reissue new for 25 chf in media markt d oh. A few years back new vinyl cost 25 to 30. The table below lists the sampling rate and the accuracy for cd recordings and the maximum sampling rate and accuracy for dvd recordings. Dvds can hold 74 minutes of music at their highest quality level.

By lowering either the sampling rate or the accuracy dvds can hold more music. Old lps were cut from analog tapes that s why they sound so high quality. When cd s were first released a vinyl cost approx 6 9 cd s first entered the market costing 15 25 some double cd s up to 35 like anything consumer demand quickly brought the price down. Digital music as source for vinyl.